Old News

Two sixteen hour days to end the work week means that I didn't do anything yesterday. Today I woke up at quarter to 8, called the Big Sky snow phone and packed the car for a day on the slopes. Mulv is in Jackson so I figured some time on the snow with my good friend shuffle would be just the thing to shake off a rough week at work.

The new snow was awesome; the snow under that was terrible. Took five bomber runs and called it a day (you can do that guilt free when you have a free season pass). Headed home and filled a bucket of water to clean off the Strong from last weekends adventures.

Two weeks ago Ryan, Tomas and I headed out from Bozeman to ride to Three Forks and back. Being that it was 15 degrees my toes were a little chilly by the end. I managed to get a pretty good icicle hanging from my soul patch. Not a great temp but the roads were stellar.

Cyclocross bikes are the golden ticket in Montana. I spent 2.5 out of 4 hours on gravel roads, min. maintenance roads and straight up farm fields last saturday. I was on the high plains west of Bozeman with 360 views of mountain ranges. Not one vehicle passed me for over two hours. I am pretty sure I was tresspassing for at least part of the ride; Some parts of the ride were little more than cow paths. Good fun. The temp was a balmy 45 and I was firing on all cylinders.

Sunday was great too and I took the road bike out since almost all the snow was gone. By the end of the ride I was kind of wet from snow melt but the kicker was that 3 miles before home some jack a** in a big truck put his wheels right on the centerline where all the slush is and just covered me with a long, slow Montana Slushy. This of course happened just 50ft before I turned off that road. I signaled my appreciation with one of my fingers and rode the last three miles fast to stay warm.

Work continues to amaze me. We keep getting dream projects that will keep us busy for years to come. High rise mixed use developments in Bozeman, ski resorts and two new projects on Lake Tahoe should keep things fun for the foreseeable future.

The weather here has been really, really warm. We have had five days about 50 in the last couple of weeks. The past couple of days have seen snow in the Bridgers but the Madison and Gallatin ranges are melting fast.

Until next time.......................